The line chart given delineates how the supply of goods transported changed in British over the period of 28 years.
Looking from an overall perspective, it is readily apparent that road transportation saw a significant rise in the amount of goods while the reserve was true for the rail transportation making the gap between two distinct transportation wider substantially. In addition, the most dramatic increase was seen the figure of road transport during the time period.
From 1974 to 1986, in the UK, however, the number of goods transported by pipeline and water rising fourfold to 25 and nearly 60 million tones respectively. In contrast, there was almost no change in the incidence of goods transported by road at 70 millions of tones. Notably, the figure of goods which transported fall slowly by rail at 32%.
A considerable growth of approximately 25 millions in tones can be witnessed in the amount of goods transported by road which increased from 75 to nearly 100 million tones in 2002. The number of products were transported by water experienced marginal increase at 63%. Whereas, there was a slightly decrease to approximately 2% in the trend for pipeline transportation. Particularly, nearly 10 million tones of products were transported to the UK on the rail from 1990 to 2002 and there was no change about the figure over the period as a whole.